Bottle Cage Buckling Structure for Reliable Bicycle Frame Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bottle cages have poor positioning reliability and are inconvenient to install and remove from bicycle frames due to reliance on friction, which can lead to displacement during cycling and difficulty in detachment.
Innovation Solution
A buckling structure comprising a female fastener with sliding grooves and a male fastener with wings, allowing for secure attachment and detachment of the bottle cage to a bicycle frame using bolts, ensuring high positioning reliability and ease of installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the bottle cage is bolted to the bicycle frame, then the positioning reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The buckling structure is divided into separate male and female fastener components. The female fastener remains attached to the bicycle frame while the male fastener is attached to the bottle cage, allowing independent installation and removal of the bottle cage without affecting the frame mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The male fastener is designed to be detachably and slidably arranged on the female fastener, enabling dynamic attachment and detachment operations. The sliding grooves and wings allow for easy engagement and disengagement while maintaining secure positioning during use.
2Ease of operation
If the bottle cage uses friction-based positioning with girdles, then the ease of operation is improved, but the positioning reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The friction-based girdle is replaced by segmented male and female fasteners with sliding grooves and wings. This segmentation allows for positive mechanical engagement through the buckling structure, providing reliable positioning while maintaining ease of operation through simple attachment and detachment movements.
3Ease of operation
If the male fastener is detachably arranged on the female fastener, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable arrangement is achieved through a dynamic buckling structure where the male fastener can slide along the female fastener's grooves and engage/disengage from the wings. This dynamic design provides easy detachability while keeping the structural complexity relatively low through simple geometric features.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding grooves act as intermediaries that guide the male fastener's wings during attachment and detachment. This intermediary mechanism simplifies the interaction between the male and female fasteners, making the detachable operation straightforward while avoiding complex locking mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is aa buckling structure for a bottle cage, which includes a main frame and a buckling structure, wherein the main frame is used for setting a bottle. The buckling structure is connected to the main frame, and the main frame is positioned and arranged on a setting object through the buckling structure. The buckling structure includes a female fastener and a male fastener, wherein the male fastener is connected to the main frame, and the male fastener is located between the main frame and the female fastener. The male fastener is detachably slidably arranged on the female fastener, and the female fastener is arranged on the setting object, so that the main frame is positioned and arranged on the setting object, and the main frame is easily installed and with high positioning reliability.